Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the first anniversary of the 2019 Conception boat fire, Susan Tibbles walks past a memorial for the 34 people who died. (Al ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The dive boat Conception smolders at sunrise on Sept. 2, 2019, before sinking. (National Transportation Safety Board) The deadly ...

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is calling for major safety improvements to small passenger vessels after its investigation into the 2019 Conception dive boat fire that killed 34 people, ...

President Joe Biden recently signed legislation which holds owners of boats responsible for damages caused to their passengers. The Small Passenger Vessel Liability Fairness Act was authored by Rep.

The captain of the dive boat Conception that caught fire and sank off the California coast in 2019, resulting in 34 deaths, has been sentenced to four years in prison over the tragedy. Jerry Nehl ...

Photo of Conception’s burned hull at dawn on Sept. 2, 2019, prior to sinking. (Credit: Ventura County Fire Department) Four years after the fire aboard the Conception dive boat claimed 34 lives, the ...

Family members of victims killed two years ago when a dive boat caught fire off Santa Cruz Island filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S. Coast Guard in the tragedy that claimed 34 ...

In the early hours of Sept. 2, 2019, the Conception dive boat was anchored off Santa Cruz Island, 25 miles out to sea from Santa Barbara, when a fire sparked and burned unnoticed. At about 3 a.m., the ...